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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning– Explained

Steve Blank

You succeed in convincing one company and a government to adopt computers and learn to code much faster than their competitors /adversaries. These technologies will transform businesses and government agencies. Which is why large clusters exist in the cloud, or the largest companies/ government agencies.) Carpe Diem.

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Story Behind “The Secret History” Part III: The Most Important.

Steve Blank

It involved building stealth aircraft to deliver these precision weapons unseen by any enemy radar, and designing intelligence and reconnaissance systems that would target for them. Smart weapons, smart sensors, and stealth. But this new strategy was more than making the bombs smarter.

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Weekly Firgun Newsletter – February 21 2025

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billion valuation ) to provide comprehensive cybersecurity protection for governments and national organisations! ? Way to go Ronit Belson and team Sawmills on coming out of stealth with a $10M seed round to transform telemetry data management with AI! Kol hakavod Arnon Heyman and IBI-Ag on securing a $6.1M

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The Emerging Israeli AI Landscape in 2024

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The report also includes a landscape of vertical and horizontal AI companies. Vertical AI is a stronghold. Vertical AI attracts the largest share of private funding (50% of total funding in 2023, reaching $6.6 These hubs often benefit from strong government support, robust academic research, and well-established tech ecosystems.

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The Road Not Taken

Steve Blank

government kept up the pace. to build sensors, stealth and smart weapons previously thought impossible or impractical, would give us a major military advantage. From a standing start in 1942 the U.S. scaled up the production of U-235 and plutonium from micrograms to tens of kilograms by 1945. During the cold war, the U.S.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VII: We Fought a War You.

Steve Blank

Stanford’s research on the earth’s ionosphere would lead to meteor-burst communication systems and Over the Horizon Radar used by the NSA and CIA to detect Soviet and Chinese missile tests and ultimately to the research that made Stealth technologies possible. Skip the next section if you’re a history major.) Meanwhile the U.S.

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My 2025 VC Survey: A Recap and Some Predictions

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What are the three most important things the Israeli government should do today to accelerate the high-tech engine in the coming year? Within AI, Im particularly excited about the potential of AI Agents and vertical AI applications tailored for specific industries. Is Israel missing out on the AI revolution in the global arms race?

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